n. [ OF. remembrance. ] [ 1913 Webster ] 1. The act of remembering; a holding in mind, or bringing to mind; recollection. [ 1913 Webster ] Lest fierce remembrance wake my sudden rage. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Lest the remembrance of his grief should fail. Addison. [ 1913 Webster ] 2. The state of being remembered, or held in mind; memory; recollection. [ 1913 Webster ] This, ever grateful, in remembrance bear. Pope. [ 1913 Webster ] 3. Something remembered; a person or thing kept in memory. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 4. That which serves to keep in or bring to mind; a memorial; a token; a memento; a souvenir; a memorandum or note of something to be remembered. [ 1913 Webster ] And on his breast a bloody cross he bore, The dear remembrance of his dying Lord. Spenser. [ 1913 Webster ] Keep this remembrance for thy Julia's sake. Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 5. Something to be remembered; counsel; admoni&unr_;&unr_;on; instruction. [ Obs. ] Shak. [ 1913 Webster ] 6. Power of remembering; reach of personal knowledge; period over which one's memory extends. [ 1913 Webster ] Thee I have heard relating what was done Ere my remembrance. Milton. [ 1913 Webster ] Syn. -- Recollection; reminiscence. See Memory. [ 1913 Webster ] |